The Presence of the Therapist uses clinical studies based on the author's publications over the past 18 years to illustrate work with severely distressed children. The reader is encouraged to enter a dialogue with the author to explore the many dilemmas and difficulties of working with a person who has become highly defensive or fearful as a result of what has happened to them.
This book is a highly stimulating account of psychotherapeutic practice. It facilitates careful and broad thought about the therapeutic process and relationship that will improve clinical practice. The practical advice on how to survive in this demanding work will be of great benefit to all psychotherapists.

Monica Lanyado is a highly respected and experienced practitioner in the UK

Winnicott s Children focuses on the use we make of the thinking and writing of DW Winnicott; how this has enhanced our understanding of children and the settings where we work, and how it has influenced the way in which we do that work. It is a volume by clinicians, concerned about how, as well as why, we engage with particular children in particular ways.

The book begins with a scholarly and accessible exposition of the place of Winnicott in his time, in relation to his contemporaries Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, John Bowlby and the development of his thinking. The dual focus on the earliest experience of the infant and its consequences plus the how of engaging with children as good-enough mothers or good enough therapists is picked up in the chapters that follow. The role of play is central to a chapter on supervision; struggling through the doldrums can be part of the adolescent s experience and that of those who engage with him; the role of psychotherapy in a Winnicottian therapeutic community and an inner city secondary school is explored; and a chapter on radio work links us personally with Winnicott and his desire to talk plainly and helpfully to parents.

There is a richness in the collection of subjects in this book, and in the experience of the writers. It will appeal to those who work with children in child and family mental health settings, schools, hospitals, colleges and social care settings."

A Question of Technique focuses on what actually happens in the therapy room and on the technical decisions and pressures that are faced daily.

Coming from the Independent tradition in British psychoanalysis, the contributors, a range of experienced practitioners and teachers, describe how their technique has quietly changed and developed over the years, and put this process in its theoretical context.

This book will appeal to child and adolescent psychotherapists, analysts and counsellors who wish to explore more Winnicottian approaches to therapeutic work.

Monica Lanyado is a highly respected and experienced practitioner in the UK

Winnicott s Children focuses on the use we make of the thinking and writing of DW Winnicott; how this has enhanced our understanding of children and the settings where we work, and how it has influenced the way in which we do that work. It is a volume by clinicians, concerned about how, as well as why, we engage with particular children in particular ways.

The book begins with a scholarly and accessible exposition of the place of Winnicott in his time, in relation to his contemporaries Melanie Klein, Anna Freud, John Bowlby and the development of his thinking. The dual focus on the earliest experience of the infant and its consequences plus the how of engaging with children as good-enough mothers or good enough therapists is picked up in the chapters that follow. The role of play is central to a chapter on supervision; struggling through the doldrums can be part of the adolescent s experience and that of those who engage with him; the role of psychotherapy in a Winnicottian therapeutic community and an inner city secondary school is explored; and a chapter on radio work links us personally with Winnicott and his desire to talk plainly and helpfully to parents.

There is a richness in the collection of subjects in this book, and in the experience of the writers. It will appeal to those who work with children in child and family mental health settings, schools, hospitals, colleges and social care settings."

This updated edition of The Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy reflects the many changes in the profession. It includes:

additional chapters on neuroscience, work with ‘looked after children’ and with foster parents, working in schools

enlarged chapters on research, attachment theory, work with parents, and developments in child and adolescent psychotherapy around the world

chapters on areas of specialist interest including violence, sexual abuse and abusing, trauma, parent-infant psychotherapy, autism, victims of political violence, delinquency and gender dysphoria.

The Handbook remains accessible and jargon-free. It will be a valuable resource for all who work in allied professions where the emotional well-being of children is of concern – health, education, social services – as well as trainee psychotherapists and experienced practitioners.

Table of Contents

Horne, Lanyado, Introduction. Part I: Theoretical Foundations. Likierman, Urban, The Roots of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy in Psychoanalysis. Horne, Normal Emotional Development. Hopkins, Phillips, Contributions from Attachment Theory and Research. Music, The Contribution from Neuroscience. Midgley, Research in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: An Overview. Part II: Context. Crockatt, The Child Psychotherapist in the Multi-disciplinary Team. Gibbs, Race and Cultural Issues. Tischler, The International Scene. Part III: Diversity of Treatments and Settings. Lanyado, Horne, The Therapeutic Setting and Process. Green, Individual Psychotherapy: Assessment, Intensive and Non-intensive Work. Lanyado, Brief Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Consultations. How Much Therapy is ‘Good-Enough’? Rustin, Work with Parents. Onions, Parent-Infant Psychotherapy. Woods, Argent, Group Psychotherapy. McLoughlin, Working within Schools and Educational Settings. Flynn, The Challenges of In-patient Work in a Therapeutic Community. Wilson, Consultation within Residential Care. Part IV: Areas of Specialist Interest. Rhode, Child Psychotherapy for Children on the Autistic Spectrum. Lanyado, Psychotherapy with Severely Traumatised Children and Adolescents: ‘Far Beyond Words’. Hunter-Smallbone, Psychotherapy for Children Looked After by Local Authorities. Ironside, Working with Foster Carers. Horne, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abusing in Childhood and Adolescence. Parsons, The Roots of Violence: Theory and Implications for Technique with Children and Adolescents. Melzak, Work with Children and Adolescents Exposed to Political Violence. Wilson, Delinquency. Mondadori, Working with People with Eating Disorders: ‘What If I Die Without Knowing Why?’ Gaffney, Reyes, Gender Identity Dysphoria.

Winnicott s description of "doing something else" or "working as a psychoanalyst" when not engaged in the actual analysis of his patients resonates with the child psychotherapist today. Individual psychotherapy is certainly a valuable part of the work but much of the time the CPT is "doing something appropriate to the occasion." Some of this time is spent in assessment work for therapy, for the multi-professional team and for other agencies and some in consultation to colleagues and other professional staff or in a combination of the two.

Drawing from the Independent tradition in psychoanalysis, Through Assessment to Consultation explores the application of psychoanalytic thinking to this daily work, reflecting on what is actually done and why. Contributors to the three sections Assessment, Overlaps, Consultation and Beyond provide a variety of clinical illustrations as they describe a range of approaches and settings in the tasks of both assessment and consultation, ranging from the light impact of the analyst s presence in the grief of post-9/11 New York to the call to political potency of beyond consultation.

This book will help both new and experienced Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists re-examine their role and function in the team and in the outside world, and will also be of interest to specialist health workers, educational psychologists and those wanting to explore more Winnicottian approaches to therapeutic work.

'Juliet Hopkins has quietly encouraged and inspired generations of colleagues and students' (Dilys Daws). An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins follows the professional journey and influence of an innovative figure in the history of child psychotherapy. Juliet Hopkins spans Kleinian and Independent psychoanalytic traditions and brings a critical scientific mind to these theories. Amongst her main influences were Winnicott and Bowlby - both of whom her work addresses. This book contains her most important papers, bringing together psychoanalytic theory, family and individual approaches, attachment theory and infant-parent work. With a writing style that is clear, straightforward and readily accessible, Juliet Hopkins promotes a scholarly integrative way of thinking about psychotherapy without compromising the basic psychoanalytic principles that inform her work. The papers have been gathered chronologically into four sections, each given context by the Editors with a brief introduction: Trauma and child psychotherapy Attachment and child psychotherapy Infant-parent psychotherapy Integrating and exploring Winnicott An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins is a collection of classic papers whose relevance today is undiminished. It will be essential reading for established and trainee child and adult psychotherapists and psychoanalysts; counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists interested in psychoanalytic approaches; social workers, nursery workers and those who work with children in voluntary organizations.

'Juliet Hopkins has quietly encouraged and inspired generations of colleagues and students' (Dilys Daws). An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins follows the professional journey and influence of an innovative figure in the history of child psychotherapy. Juliet Hopkins spans Kleinian and Independent psychoanalytic traditions and brings a critical scientific mind to these theories. Amongst her main influences were Winnicott and Bowlby - both of whom her work addresses. This book contains her most important papers, bringing together psychoanalytic theory, family and individual approaches, attachment theory and infant-parent work. With a writing style that is clear, straightforward and readily accessible, Juliet Hopkins promotes a scholarly integrative way of thinking about psychotherapy without compromising the basic psychoanalytic principles that inform her work. The papers have been gathered chronologically into four sections, each given context by the Editors with a brief introduction: Trauma and child psychotherapy Attachment and child psychotherapy Infant-parent psychotherapy Integrating and exploring Winnicott An Independent Mind: Collected Papers of Juliet Hopkins is a collection of classic papers whose relevance today is undiminished. It will be essential reading for established and trainee child and adult psychotherapists and psychoanalysts; counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists interested in psychoanalytic approaches; social workers, nursery workers and those who work with children in voluntary organizations.

A Question of Technique focuses on what actually happens in the therapy room and on the technical decisions and pressures that are faced daily.

Coming from the Independent tradition in British psychoanalysis, the contributors, a range of experienced practitioners and teachers, describe how their technique has quietly changed and developed over the years, and put this process in its theoretical context.

This book will appeal to child and adolescent psychotherapists, analysts and counsellors who wish to explore more Winnicottian approaches to therapeutic work.